For six months, crime intelligence and flying squad have been hunting for Daren Kabuye, a man suspected to be the ringleader of the Kigaali gang that clobbered Kyebando’s Internal Security Officer (GISO) Ben Kasule as he responded to a robbery alarm. The GISO was attacked on March 20, 2022 at Akamwesi mall at around 10pm…
Unidentified assailants have killed Bernard Nalulu, a guard from SEK security services limited in Kireka, Kira municipality in Wakiso district. Residents found Nalulu’s body outside the perimeter wall of Hajji Medie Ssebunya, a resident of Kamuli-C zone in Kireka town on Thursday morning. Some of the residents ably identified the deceased, saying that he was…
The Special Forces Command (SFC) has spoken out on an accident that left three people injured along the Northern bypass in Kampala on Monday, September 12. In a video shared online after the accident, a woman was recorded claiming that it was the vehicle with President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s mobile toilet that hit the…
Police has confirmed the arrest of socialite Charles Olim famously called Sipapa for aggravated robbery. For the last five days, crime intelligence and criminal investigations directorate have been hunting for Sipapa after items stolen from Arok’s home in Kawuku, Bunga, in Makindye Division in Kampala were recovered from his residence at Kityo Close, Buwate village,…
The Magistrate’s court in Masaka has ruled that Laetitia Nakimbugwe, a mistress involved in a property dispute with former vice president Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi does not have rights over his fortune. Nakimbugwe was dragged to court by Victoria Nawangi, an appointed administrator of Ssekandi’s properties. Nawangi challenged Nakimbugwe’s occupancy of a commercial building on plot…
The latest landing on our desk indicates that Police in Kampala have arrested Former presidential candidate Katumba John for holding an illegal assembly in downtown Kampala City. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango, Katumba was found at Ben Kiwanuka William street junction holding a megaphone speaker calling on people to fight for an…
MPs have continued to demand for the action against Bank of Uganda (BoU) officials who were implicated in the sale and acquisition of seven defunct banks. In 2018, MPs on parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) made the recommendation in their report following a recent probe of BoU on the closure…
Jaro Hospital is in trouble for allegedly detaining Robert Ssentongo, a 15-year-old boy due to failure of his family to clear a medical bill of Shillings 4.8 million. The teenager’s family has dragged Jaro Hospital, Kyaliwajjala to the High Court Civil Division. Sentogo’s father, Raymond Mugerwa, a resident of Kikabya village, Bunyiri parish, Kyampisi sub…
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit raided the Gulu City Offices on Thursday 25th August 2022 along with the ISO Anti-Corruption Task Force (ACTF) and the CID. According to the officials, the agencies were given a tip-off by the aggrieved Gulu City traders as well as a few government officials who felt that the technocrats had…
The Police Alert Squad has named five private security firms for allegedly deploying guards with faulty firearms. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga identifies the implicated firms as Vision Security, Pinnacle Security, Ndugali Security, Premier Security, and Donward Security. He explains that they decided to name and shame the companies deploying guards with faulty weapons because it…
